Topic: Castlevania 1999 DCW is complete!

[Ericard]

Removed for use of a sprite without original creator's permission
-Gunlord

[darkmanx_429]

mmmm.meh..It seems stable enough though.

Seems more akin to Castlevania Fighter than an actual complete title.

People are still making games with BOR since Lavalit shut down?! (Doesn't seem the same.)

Maybe I will give it a shot...

I think it could have had a bigger potential there are some really good things in parts but, there looks to be incomplete animations in certain bosses because no one took the extra care to make them...(Especially the final boss.)

[theplottwist]

The greatest question I have to make here is: What in the freaking hell is my Dracula final boss sprite doing on this game without my permission?

I mean, it's cool to know people like it to the point of wanting to use it, but a simple PM asking me about it would've been nice.

I'm not even credited on this.

 

[uzo]

The greatest question I have to make here is: What in the freaking hell is my Dracula final boss sprite doing on this game without my permission?

When I saw it I was thinking "oh neat they asked TPT to use his Dracula form." Scroll down, NOPE.

Really shitty of them to do that. People have no shame anymore. They must think it's OK to steal stuff for whatever reason.

[theANdROId]

Yeah...I saw it and wondered too.  Watched the credits just to see and didn't see any name I regonized.  I was gonna ask, but you've already posted and apparently you didn't give permission.  Anything you can do about it?

[uzo]

It's hard to really do something about it, especially legally.

You can always call the lynch mob and attack though. Hunt them down wherever they go, and make sure they understand what they did is not acceptable.

[theplottwist]

Uzo is pretty much spot-on. There is not much I can do BUT most people here know where the sprite came from, and most people where I uploaded the artwork also know where the sprite came from. So there's that. Even without the credits, these people will know who did the sprite.

I'll see what I can do though.

Ericard, not a nice move on your part. Worst case scenario I would've said I have no time to animate the sprite but you could use it anyway as long as credit was given. Now I want the sprite removed.

[EstebanT]

Ericard------->     

[Ericard]

Sorry guys, I found the sprite in the google image, but it didn't wrote the name in. So, that's why I can't even know who the author was...

But anyway, I'll credit it from the maker of Dracula's 3rd form sprite, however... the program is under my own ideas...

[Zuljaras]

Sorry guys, I found the sprite in the google image, but it didn't wrote the name in. So, that's why I can't even know who the author was...

But anyway, I'll credit it from the maker of Dracula's 3rd form sprite, however... the program is under my own ideas...

So you just found a gorgeus Dracula sprite on Google and never bothered to find if it belongs to someone or not? That is interesting ...

[Ericard]

So you just found a gorgeus Dracula sprite on Google and never bothered to find if it belongs to someone or not? That is interesting ...

Yes, but I still didn't know who the author was...

[VladCT]

Not a good enough excuse.

[Zuljaras]

Yes, but I still didn't know who the author was...

And the Google page where you found the sprite did not lead you to its creator? That is really hard to believe.

[Chernabogue]

As a Law student specializing in Intellectual Property, I'm quite amused at this situation.

Also, nobody brought up that this 1999 game stars Simon, and not Julius?

[theplottwist]

And the Google page where you found the sprite did not lead you to its creator? That is really hard to believe.

Specially considering that the sprite he's using is the effectless one, so it's not the one present on my Deviant Art, but the one at Pixel Joint or the one found here, both of which are 'pure', and both of which have a clear creator attached right behind them   

Yes, but I still didn't know who the author was...

Since you still are apparently clueless, the creator's preferred handle is "Emppixel". I *REALLY* wanted this sprite removed from the game, but since you probably won't do it, and I can't afford to chase you everywhere (but do not think this will slide so easily, as I have tracked where you dwell and your other usernames), I will kindly ask you to give credit where credit is due.

I repeat: THIS IS NOT NICE. People put effort on these things, and the ONLY job you had was to click on the link and see who made it, and you couldn't get this simple thing done. Try not to repeat it. Here at the Dungeon, your name and your game are already smeared because you couldn't spare two extra clicks and a PM.

Every day I understand more why Serio got so territorial with his sprites: All you have to do is ask, but this is simple rule is trampled, and later justified with cardboard-thick excuses. As VladCT put it majestically: These are not enough of good excuses. Not nearly enough.

About your game: It has Simon Belmont in it, and you call it DCW. It bears preciselly zero resemblance with anything that could evoke what DCW would be like (main one being the presence of Julius Belmont). Plus the title for the game itself (as per what the video shows) says nothing like the title that you flaunt here from time to time.

I don't get why the overly long names that you associate with it, and the link to your game is incredibly obfuscated for whatever draconian reason (or I am incredibly dumb, probably this). Plus, it seems to be nowhere as ready as you make it to be.

The gameplay itself seems quite solid, if a tad wonky. But that's mostly it, and the game doesn't show too much novelty or imagination beyond "buncha bosses strung together". In my humble opinion you could take it back to the kitchen and let it cook more, because it tastes raw. A beta of the true idea.

As a Law student specializing in Intellectual Property, I'm quite amused at this situation.

Care to elaborate a bit ?